Here’s the list of all the European Golden Shoe winners in the 21st century

Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski was awarded the European Golden Shoe for his terrific goalscoring form.

Despite missing a month of activity due to injury, Lewandowski scored 41 goals in 29 Bundesliga games for Bayern last season. In the process, the 33-year-old broke Gerd Muller’s record for most goals scored in a single German top-flight season, as well as winning the European Golden Shoe for the first time, finishing 11 goals ahead of ex-Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi.

Here we take a look at all the European Golden Shoe winners in the 21st century:

2000 – Kevin Phillips – 30 goals – Sunderland

2001 – Henrik Larsson – 35 goals – Celtic

2002 – Mario Jardel – 42 goals – Sporting Lisbon

2003 – Roy Makaay – 29 goals – Deportivo La Coruna

2004 – Thierry Henry – 30 goals – Arsenal

2005 – Thierry Henry/Diego Forlan – 25 goals – Arsenal/Villarreal

2006 – Luca Toni – 31 goals – Fiorentina

2007 – Francesco Totti – 26 goals – AS Roma

2008 – Cristiano Ronaldo – 31 goals – Manchester United

2009 – Diego Forlan – 32 goals – Atletico Madrid

2010 – Lionel Messi – 34 goals – FC Barcelona

2011 – Cristiano Ronaldo – 40 goals – Real Madrid

2012 – Lionel Messi – 50 goals – FC Barcelona

2013 – Lionel Messi – 46 goals – FC Barcelona

2014 – Cristiano Ronaldo/Luis Suarez – 31 goals – Real Madrid/Liverpool

2015 – Cristiano Ronaldo – 48 goals – Real Madrid

2016 – Luis Suarez – 40 goals – FC Barcelona

2017 – Lionel Messi – 37 goals – FC Barcelona

2018 – Lionel Messi – 34 goals – FC Barcelona

2019 – Lionel Messi – 36 goals – FC Barcelona

2020 – Ciro Immobile – 36 goals – Lazio

2021 – Robert Lewandowski – 41 goals – Bayern Munich

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